Psychological injury and return to work
Posted by
Stephen Booth, Lisa Qiu
on 12 Nov 2015
The laws in relation to injured workers make it clear that employers cannot terminate the employment of an injured worker, within certain time periods, because they are injured. Doing so may be seen as adverse action, or discriminatory, or may be an offence under the Fair Work act or workers compensation legislation. So what do you need to do when an employee is injured at work?